EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelusios bechuanicus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Pelomedusidae (Afro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Pelusios (African Hinged Terrapins)
species..............Pelusios bechuanicus (Okavango Mud Turtle)
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- Original Description
- FitzSimons 1932 : 37
- Holotype
- TMP 14688
- Type Locality
- "Thamalakane River at Maun, Ngamiland" [Botswana]
- Original name
- Pelusios bechuanicus
- Common Name
- Okavango Mud Turtle
- Distribution
- Angola and Namibia to Zambia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe
- Comments
- Reviewed by Broadley (1981b) and Bour (1983).
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